statement of responsibility: by William Smith, mineral surveyor

Back cover of page 1 reads: "this work will be comprised in seven numbers" although actually issued in only 4 parts: June 1, 1816; October 1, 1816; September 1, 1817; and 1819

Four parts in 1, paged continuously

citation/reference: Dibner Library. Heralds of science (1980 ed.), 94

Dibner Library. Heralds of science (1980 ed.)

SCDIRB copy 39088007100365 has hand-colored plates

SCDIRB copy has bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. With handwritten note: Herald of Science no. 94

SCDIRB copy has a duplicate of part 4 and the original blue paper covers bound-in. Some manuscript material that had been inserted on blank leaves at the end of the volume was removed in 1976 and placed in the Dibner Library's manuscript collection instead (MSS 001382 A)

SCDIRB copy has a later blue cloth binding with gilt-lettered spine

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